Conclave to elect 266th Pope to begin March 12

Mar 7, 2013 | faith

It had been nearly 600 years since a successor of St. Peter resigned from his post. After months of reflection and prayer, Pope Benedict XVI became the third pope in the last 1,000 years to resign from the Chair of Peter. The Feb. 11 announcement that shook the world...

Well done, good and faithful servant

Feb 26, 2013 | faith

My hat’s off to him. Pope Benedict XVI sure knows how to make headlines. His Feb. 11 announcement that he would step down as the Church’s 265th successor of St. Peter was heard around the world. The Pope’s decision took many by surprise — including New York Cardinal...

Livin’ la vida Roma

Sep 9, 2010 | culture, faith

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 — Blogging from Rome isn’t easy. It’s like asking a child who rarely goes out to play to come in from the playground. To make that analogy complete … there’s no school bell. Rome is a Catholic playground in the sense...